10-631: Award Baltic Medal [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Obverse and reverse of the medal. Type Campaign medal Awarded for Campaign service. Description Silver disk, 36mm diameter. Presented by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Eligibility Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Sappers and Miners. Campaign(s) Baltic Sea 1854-55. Clasps None authorised. Established 6 June 1856 [REDACTED] Ribbon bar. [REDACTED] The battle of Bomarsund The Baltic Medal
20-521: A foreign region or service in a combat zone. Campaign medals were first invented to recognize general military service in war, in contrast to meritorious decorations which were only issued on a small scale for acts of heroism and bravery. The campaign were first issued by the British military with the medal awarded for the defeat of the Invincible Armada , with the 1815 Waterloo Medal being
30-416: Is different from Wikidata CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown Campaign medal A campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of an armed force who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater . Campaign medals are very similar to service medals but carry a higher status as the award usually involves deployment to
40-637: The Atlantic. During World War I (1914–1918) the following campaign medals were issued: The most frequent combinations are "trios" of either the 1914 or 1914–15 Star, the British War Medal and Victory Medal; and "pairs" of the British War and Victory Medals, these generally for servicemen who joined the war after 1915. A Memorial Plaque was issued to the next-of-kin of deceased service personnel. During World War II (1939–1945)
50-1280: The British Army and Navy, Volume 2 " . A. Constable & Co . Retrieved 2020-09-19 . Mussel, J (ed) - Medal Yearbook - 2015 , (2014), Token Publishing. Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), British Battles and Medals , (1988), Spink Fred Larimore (2003). " The Baltic Medal 1854-1855 " . Archived from the original on 2009-09-14 . Retrieved 2009-05-16 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link ) v t e British campaign medals 18th century [REDACTED] Naval General Service Medal (1793–1840) [REDACTED] Naval Gold Medal (1793–1815) [REDACTED] Military General Service Medal (1793–1814) 19th century [REDACTED] Army of India Medal (1803–26) [REDACTED] Army Gold Cross/Army Gold Medal (1806–14) [REDACTED] Waterloo Medal (1815) [REDACTED] South Africa Medal (1834–6, 1846–7, 1850–3) [REDACTED] Ghuznee Medal (1839) [REDACTED] First China War Medal (1839–42) [REDACTED] Jellalabad Medals (1841–2) [REDACTED] Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal (1842) [REDACTED] Medal for
60-4511: The Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie (1842) [REDACTED] Scinde Medal (1843) [REDACTED] Gwalior Star (1843) [REDACTED] Sutlej Medal (1845–6) [REDACTED] New Zealand Medal (1845–7, 1860–6) [REDACTED] Punjab Medal (1848–9) [REDACTED] India General Service Medal (1852–95) [REDACTED] Baltic Medal (1854–5) [REDACTED] Crimean War Medal (1854–6) [REDACTED] Indian Mutiny Medal (1857–8) [REDACTED] Second China War Medal (1857–60) [REDACTED] Canada General Service Medal (1866–70) [REDACTED] Abyssinian War Medal (1867–8) [REDACTED] Ashantee Medal (1873–4) [REDACTED] South Africa Medal (1877–9) [REDACTED] Afghanistan Medal (1878–80) [REDACTED] Kabul to Kandahar Star (1880) [REDACTED] Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal (1880-1, 1896–7) [REDACTED] Egypt Medal (1882–9) [REDACTED] Royal Niger Company Medal (1886–97) [REDACTED] North West Canada Medal (1885) [REDACTED] East and West Africa Medal (1887–1900) [REDACTED] British South Africa Company Medal (1890–7) [REDACTED] Central Africa Medal (1891–8) [REDACTED] India Medal (1895–1902) [REDACTED] Ashanti Star (1895–6) [REDACTED] Queen's Sudan Medal (1896–8) [REDACTED] East and Central Africa Medal (1897–9) [REDACTED] Queen's South Africa Medal (1899–1902) [REDACTED] Queen's Mediterranean Medal (1899–1902) [REDACTED] Transport Medal (1899–1902) [REDACTED] China War Medal (1900) [REDACTED] Ashanti Medal (1900) 20th century pre-First World War [REDACTED] King's South Africa Medal (1902) [REDACTED] Africa General Service Medal (1902–56) [REDACTED] Tibet Medal (1905) [REDACTED] Natal Native Rebellion Medal (1906) [REDACTED] India General Service Medal (1909) First World War [REDACTED] 1914 Star [REDACTED] 1914–15 Star [REDACTED] British War Medal [REDACTED] Mercantile Marine War Medal [REDACTED] Victory Medal (United Kingdom) [REDACTED] Victory Medal (South Africa) [REDACTED] Territorial War Medal Inter World War [REDACTED] Naval General Service Medal (1915) [REDACTED] General Service Medal (1918) [REDACTED] India General Service Medal (1936) Second World War [REDACTED] 1939–1945 Star [REDACTED] Atlantic Star [REDACTED] Arctic Star [REDACTED] Air Crew Europe Star [REDACTED] Africa Star [REDACTED] Pacific Star [REDACTED] Burma Star [REDACTED] Italy Star [REDACTED] France and Germany Star [REDACTED] Defence Medal [REDACTED] War Medal 1939–1945 [REDACTED] Canadian Volunteer Service Medal [REDACTED] Africa Service Medal [REDACTED] India Service Medal [REDACTED] New Zealand War Service Medal [REDACTED] Australia Service Medal [REDACTED] Southern Rhodesia Service Medal Post War [REDACTED] Korea Medal (1951) [REDACTED] Nuclear Test Medal (1952) [REDACTED] General Service Medal (1962) [REDACTED] Rhodesia Medal (1980) [REDACTED] South Atlantic Medal (1982) [REDACTED] Gulf Medal (1992) 21st century [REDACTED] OSM for Sierra Leone (2000) [REDACTED] OSM for Afghanistan (2002) [REDACTED] OSM for Democratic Republic of Congo (2003) [REDACTED] Iraq Medal (2004) [REDACTED] Iraq Reconstruction Service Medal (2004) [REDACTED] Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) (2011) [REDACTED] Ebola Medal (2015) [REDACTED] General Service Medal (2008) (2015) [REDACTED] OSM for Iraq & Syria (2017) [REDACTED] Humanitarian Medal (2023) [REDACTED] Wider Service Medal (2024) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baltic_Medal&oldid=1226069053 " Categories : British campaign medals Crimean War Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
70-682: The colours of the Crimea Medal ribbon. Naming: Issued unnamed, except for the 106 medals awarded to Royal Sappers and Miners, which had the recipient's name and unit impressed on the rim of the medal in block Roman capitals . Some naval recipients had their medals privately engraved. References [ edit ] ^ Mayo (1897), pp.376-377. ^ Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (1988), pp.126-127. ^ Mussell (2014), p.144. ^ Larimore, The Baltic Medal (2003). Bibliography [ edit ] John Horsley Mayo (1897). " Medals and Decorations of
80-702: The first awarded to all men present and the 1847 Military General Service Medal being the first "modern" campaign medal. British campaign medals British campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified military campaigns. Examples include the Defence Medal , for homeland defence in World War II, and the Atlantic Star for World War II sea service in
90-411: The legend VICTORIA REGINA , designed by William Wyon . Reverse: A seated figure of Britannia holding a trident with the fortresses at Bomarsund and Sveaborg behind. Above is the word BALTIC and below the dates 1854-1855 . Designed by Leonard Charles Wyon . Clasps: None were authorised. Ribbon: The 31.7 millimetres (1.25 in) wide ribbon is yellow with light blue edges, reversing
100-962: Was a campaign medal approved on 6 June 1856, for issue to officers and men of the Royal Navy , Royal Marines , and Royal Sappers and Miners who served between March 1854 and August 1855 in the Baltic Sea operations against Russia in the Baltic theatre of the Crimean War , or Åland War . The medal primarily covered naval actions but was also awarded to 106 men of the Royal Sappers and Miners who were landed to place demolition charges against Russian fortifications at Bomarsund and Sveaborg . Description [ edit ] A circular silver medal, 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. Obverse: The diademed head of Queen Victoria with
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